Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Our next get together will be a tour of Jerry and Karen Kral's garden on Wed. July 8 at 6:30 PM. Started over 16 years ago, the garden is 3/4 of an acre with the front yard a quarter acre and the rear a half-acre. Work on an additional quarter acre purchased 4 years ago will give the garden a full acre within the city of Rochester. The “Great Wall of Kral”, using 155, two and a quarter ton pallets, was completed last year (2008.) From the wonderful detailed description in our news letter, the Semper Vivum, it is not a tour to be missed.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

A big Thanks to Elmer for sending photos that he took of our booth at Gardenscape!

It was great that this year we were able to have our own space in the main area as opposed to the vendor area.

The tufa displays were impressive! I was amazed at what an awesome job everyone did to put them together. The people who stopped by the booth were equally amazed. So many people touched the tufa and wanted to know more about it.

The hypertufa planters looked great too.

As you may have noticed, the lighting in the dome has something to be desired. It is difficult to get pictures that are either not too washed out from a flash or too dark from no flash. Elmer did a great for the conditions.

Not A Member Yet?

Our meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month, March-October at Warner Castle in Highland Park, the headquarters of the Rochester Civic Garden Center. Though we do seem to like to travel around a bit.~We have field trips to gardens and nurseries.~We have very knowledgeable guest speakers, sometimes world renowned like May's guest speakerJoseph Halda.~We hold workshops, plant sales, plant swaps, and more.If you are interested in alpines, miniature plants, rock gardens, or are just a lover of gardening, this group is for you.Membership is only $15(less than the admission to 2 movies!)To join, please contact Kate Van Scott, email: kpvansco@rochester.rr.com